Minimum Wage Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Minimum wage?
Raise the minimum wage?
For the purpose to do 'what'?
Dignify the myth of equality?
To then do what?
Lower the expectations,
Of those with beliefs...
They are better than others?
To then have those with their insecurities,
In the streets protesting...
A sharing of their entitlements?
A losing of their rights to 'see',
NO ONE at the bottom?
So those 'feeling' above others...
Have only themselves left to detest?

What is going on?
Equality, minimum wage raised?
Is 'everyone' crazed?

'Figuratively, right? '

WHAT?

'You are speaking 'figuratively'?
Not 'literally', right? '

What difference does it make?
It's all madness.

'So...
Are you for it?
Or against it? '

I 'think' they should raise the minimum dose,
And lower the wage paid...
To those administering these medications,
Feeding heads already with a consciousness dead.

'Medications? '

We're all addicted to this cheaply fed nonsense.